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Govt Blacklists Engineering Company, Cancels ContractThe Federal Government has announced the cancellation of a contract awarded to the German engineering company, Siemens, following the bribery scandal that implicated some former government officials. [ more ] |
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President Must Act Now to End Delta UnrestNigeria?s President Umaru Yar?Adua needs to act decisively to keep violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta from escalating and spreading. [ more ] |
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Court Adjourns Suit Against Pfizer to February 11An Abuja federal high court has set February 11 for pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, to appear for a civil suit filed against it by the federal government for testing meningitis drug in the country in 1996. [ more ] |
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Strike Paralyses Country's AirspaceThe nation's airspace was shut for about seven hours yesterday as air traffic controllers downed tools in protest against the death of a colleague, Mr. Umoh Martin. [ more ] |
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Commission Chair Accuses UN of $400bn Loot Cover UpChairman of Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu yesterday accused the United Nation's Office for Drug and Crimes (UNODC) of withholding information regarding the $400 billion stashed away by politicians in the last five decades. [ more ] |
Nigeria quits talks with Pfizer over deadly drug trials: official (AFP via Yahoo! News)Nigeria's Kano state has quit out-of-court talks with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over allegedly illegal drug trials that led to the deaths of 11 children in 2006, a senior justice official said Wednesday. [ more ] |
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Nigeria Suspends Siemens Contract (AP via Yahoo! Finance)The government said Wednesday it had canceled a supply contract with Siemens' local venture and would no longer do business with the German industrial giant pending an investigation into charges the company paid bribes to officials in Nigeria. [ more ] |
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Nigeria get new assistant coach (BBC News)Former Germany international Steffen Freund his named as a new assistant to Nigeria coach Berti Vogts. [ more ] |
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Attack mars oil talks in Nigeria (BBC News)Gunmen in the Niger Delta carry out a deadly attack on the eve of peace talks with Nigeria's oil militants. [ more ] |
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Nigeria?s Production Capacity Drops by 900,000bpd (This Day)Nigeria?s crude oil production capacity has dropped by about 900,000 barrels per day, owing to the protracted crisis in the Niger Delta, as well as closure of some oil fields in the region?s onshore and offshore. [ more ] |
Nigeria suspends telecoms contract with SiemensSiemens was fined euro201 million (US$296 million) by a Munich court this year after a former manager in the company's Com Group was convicted of bribing public officials in Russia, Nigeria and Lib... [ more ] |
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Cameroon Group Faults Airline Over Parrot SmugglingCAMEROON: December 6, 2007 YAOUNDE - A wildlife conservation group in Cameroon said on Wednesday it was considering suing Ethiopian Airlines for complicity after it caught smugglers trying to take 1... [ more ] |
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Nigerian Officials Quit Settlement Talks With Pfizer Over Drug TrialsOfficials in Nigeria's northern Kano State have ended out-of-court settlement talks with the U.S. drug company, Pfizer, over a 1996 drug trial that allegedly killed 11 children. Kano Attorney General... [ more ] |
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New Measles Outbreak Reported in NigeriaDozens of children may have died from a new outbreak of measles in the northern Nigerian town of Zaria. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja has been following up on the latest public health concern in Nigeria a... [ more ] |
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Nigeria to blacklist Siemens after bribery scandal+ ] By Felix Onuah ABUJA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Nigeria has revoked its last contract with Siemens and suspended dealings with the industrial group pending a probe into allegations it gave 10 millio... [ more ] |
